Chapter 5
The Journey part 4: Her Father

"So . . . Say when we get to the city and find that the Kings brother really is what we discussed yesterday, what would you do." Alexandria turned to him with a questioning face, they had been walking since dawn and were getting closer to the main city gate.

"He would have to face trial in our world for what he did to you."

"How would we even find this information on him to prove what he did?"

"Well, you're the one that will be spending time with the King, distracting him, and I'll do some investigation techniques if I can slip away." Nuada smiled.

"If you got caught we would be in deep with my father."

"Yes but it would be fun at the time." The laughed for a moment and silence fell between them, that how their walk was like that, a spark of conversation and then it was silent till Nuada found something else to talk about.

"Alexandria?" She looked to him.

"Yes?"

"You always talk of your mother, why not your father?"

"I . . . I thought I mentioned him before."

"No."

"Ummm my father let's see?"

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"No, it's just that I never knew my father."

"Oh, I'm sorry to have brought it up."

"No its fine, he's still alive somewhere according to my mother, he left after I was born." Nuada kept listening. "He named me and that was it, I took my mother's last name, my mother never wanted to change my name to something more fitting to my race, but she told me once that it to remind me of my heritage or something like that."

"But your name is human?"

"Yes, and so is my father."Nuada stopped his walking. "Are you alright?" Alexandria stopped as well turning to him.

"Your father is human?"

"Yes, is there something wrong with that? I've never told anyone that before, they just assumed my mother was slightly crazy when she named me." Nuada started walking again.

"That explains your eyes?"

"True, many people have asked about my eyes, seen as how I'm the only one of our kind with that color. Listen don't tell the humans that I have a human father or anyone else. It would cause too much issue, I would rather have a dead father and crazy mother with names than having people know that I'm half elf and half human." Nuada noticed the uneasiness in her eyes, and expression.

"I won't say a word."

"Promise?" Nuada smiled.

"I promise, so how much longer do you think till we get to the human city?"

"In your current state, another two days."

"What you think I can make it quicker than that?" Alexandria stopped and Nuada kept walking.

"Ok when you can raise your arms over your head without feeling a inch of pain." She stood and crossed her arms. Nuada stopped and rolled his eyes before turning around looking at her. "Well go ahead, try." Nuada glared at her.

"You know I can't at the moment." He held his hands out to his sides.

"Then we will keep at this pace unless you want to run there?" she suggested."It not a good idea though cause . . ." She say Nuada smirk and take off running in the direction they were heading. "My lord no wait!" She chased off after him, she shouldn't have suggested it, and this was bad. He was fast but in his current state Nuada found himself tiring quickly, slowing down. He only ran a few miles before he stopped, falling over himself into the grass. He waited for her as he heard her running up behind him.

"My lord!" She fell to her knee before him, gasping for air. "Are you alright?" He looked up and smiled and shook his head. "Maybe you should make me your head advisor, you would never have this issue again." He chuckled, she reached for the edges of his tunic to pull it up to check his bandages, and he stopped her.

"No, its fine." He looked up into her eyes. "I just need to sit." He sat back and laid his legs out in front of him. Alexandria grabbed her canteen a offered him some water. Taking it he to a few long gulps before handing in back, he watched her move around the area, grabbing their canteens and refilling them in the stream before returning to sit across from him. "Do you always have to be doing something?" He leaned his head to the side.

"What do you mean?" She asked doing the same as him canting her head.

"Your always doing something, it's like you're trying to please someone who doesn't need to be pleased."

"Well, I was taught to please those who don't want to be pleased."

"Ha sure good one what the truth?"

"If you my lord prince, is displeased with me in anyway, he would report it."

"What do you mean?"

"Most military officer's careers are either made or broken by their actions when they are in the presence of a member of a royal family." Alexandria looked away toward the stream. Nuada moved closer.

"So you think that if you don't please me, in anyway, I'll tell the Head General and have you removed from you position?"

"Even if you have no intent you intend of tell your father everything of this trip yes?"

"Of course I always do?" Nuada didn't understand her clearly enough he guessed.

"So you would tell him of me and even if you though it was nothing your father who is of a high stature would see it as insolence and find me a more suitable position." She met his eyes with all seriousness and he started laughing.

"I assure you, my Lieutenant Alexandria." He reached for her hand giving it a reassure squeeze, "I won't let that happen, not to you, you have been kind to me when I have been unkind to you, you have challenged me when others would run in fear of their lives. How about we just get through this journey and worry about what I tell my father of it later, I can't lie to him but I don't have told him everything." Alexandria gave a laugh herself, he was right. "Now let keep going, I love the outdoors but I would love to sleep in a bed, my back isn't getting better."

"Yes and running a few miles doesn't help at all either. Let move down stream some more and we will stop for the night." Nuada agreed.

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"Did your mother give you any exact details of your father?" Alexandria looked up over the fire to the prince who lay back looking at the stars.

"No, not often, she told me that when I was born he. . ." Nuada sat up and waited.

"Why are you afraid to talk to me?" Alexandria shook her head and stared into the fire. Nuada stood and caught her attention when he sat down next to her watching her.

"You're a Prince. . ." She blurted out. "Your feared by everyone, your friends are only that of royalty and anyone else is just a servant to you." Nuada chuckled.

"That's true but not to you."

"Why not to me?"

"Well it was when we started this whole thing but, people change, you saved my life Alexandria."

"So for that I am given the right to speak with you on a different level?"

"Alexandria, I consider you my friend here and now, do as friends do and forget of the titles." Alexandria smiled, relieved. "Now you were saying?"

"When I was born my father threatened my mother that I was not to have an elf name or I was to not exist." She looked to him as he watched the fire as well. "So he named me Alexandria Austin after his mother, then he left, my mother fearing for my life kept the name but added hers."

"You look nothing like a human though, I would have never expected it in you."

"Yes well I am and I feel ashamed for it."

"Why?"

"It is hard to explain to others why your eye color is different than there, you tend to make up to many excuses that are different to the point where they don't believe you anymore." She looked to him again as he looked back. "To have people call you a traitor behind your back or a spy, because it easy to make an elf image but never through the eyes."

"Well, if you are a traitor or a spy I would see it and I don't." Alexandria looked back into the fire and Nuada came a bit closer whispering. "Your eyes are beautiful." Turning to him she gave a hesitant smile. "Ill will be sure to spite anyone who says different of you." They laughed together.

"What about you?"

"Ask away at what you want to ask.

"Why you, Prince Nuada Silverlance the prince of elf land, not married yet, or at least have an interest of some sort?"

"Well no one has interested me." Alexandria smiled and nodded. "Until now." She stared into the flame almost not want to believe what he had said.

"You need to rest my lord, it is late and if you wish to make it to the city tomorrow, this talking must cease now." Nuada smiled.

"Of course." Standing he went back to his place across the fire to her.

A/N: Its going somewhere I hope, thanks to everyone who has review I appreciate it very much! Thanks more to come soon! I have five more chapters written at the moment! They just need to be edited up a bit, the more reviews i get the more chapters i post :D Im really craving to know if im doing back or good, i hope some understand that, i love the reviews i gotten, please just one little line or do they need to kiss soon?? lol you guys are the best!